monty1412 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Have lived in Bangkok for a year but moving down to Pattaya, will be living near Pratamak Hill ( will learn how to spell it after some time there) Any advice one where to get 1) Best bread.. nice European style bread not the soft crap like in Tesco etc. 2) Best meat.. beef/ lamb 3) Good place to shop for wine.. selection and price value. 4) Best takeaway pizza Had found great bread shop/ bakery on Sukhumvit Road just opposite Sukhumvit soi 24 here in bangkok.. real nice crusty french style bread... Rgds and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post raro Posted September 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2012 Bread: soi khao noi, black forest restaurant and bakery. Meat : either foodland or the British butcher in soi chayapruek. Wine : food . com in nakluea soi 12 or wine connection in the avenue. For pizza I recommend to open a separate thread, put on your helmet and hide in the trenches until it's over sent from my Android phone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty1412 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Bread: soi khao noi, black forest restaurant and bakery. Meat : either foodland or the British butcher in soi chayapruek. Wine : food . com in nakluea soi 12 or wine connection in the avenue. For pizza I recommend to open a separate thread, put on your helmet and hide in the trenches until it's over sent from my Android phone Thanks Raro, you made me laugh on your last line.. need a laugh thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br12stol Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Bread- Continental bakery down thapraya road towards Jomtien on left just past traffic lights (tepprasit Rd) all sorts of good bread Pizza- Keep going past bakery and you have La Bocca next to Tops daily shop great pizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hmmm....not familiar with that wine place in Nakluea. Will have to check it out. OP: For pizza, do a search in the Pattaya forum. There's a loooong thread on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hmmm....not familiar with that wine place in Nakluea. Will have to check it out.OP: For pizza, do a search in the Pattaya forum. There's a loooong thread on this. ONE??? The wine place in Nakluea carries also a good selection of imported cheese, salami, ham etc. Not necessarily cheap. sent from my Android phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 There is also Eataly in Jomtien and their other place on Sukhumvit(forget the name). They supply business with Italian wine, meats and cheese. Cheaper than the prepacked stuff in any of the supermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Central Department store has a good selection of wine. And some are "certified" to have been kept at the proper temp. As you know, a few hours in hot weather will kill the wine. We bought a bottle which we didn't like, took it back, and they let us get a new one. Great service. Carrefour use to be pretty good for wine and baked goods. It's gone downhill a bit now that it's Big C Extra, but still not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Central Department store has a good selection of wine. And some are "certified" to have been kept at the proper temp. As you know, a few hours in hot weather will kill the wine. We bought a bottle which we didn't like, took it back, and they let us get a new one. Great service.Carrefour use to be pretty good for wine and baked goods. It's gone downhill a bit now that it's Big C Extra, but still not bad. had more than often bad luck there. Having said that, I usually fell for their special offers. sent from my Android phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 That's the guy in chayapruek. One more for wine: royal coffee in soi khao noi. They are importers so it doesn't really look like a shop from the outside, but they sell also by the bottle. sent from my Android phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timekeeper Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Central Department store has a good selection of wine. And some are "certified" to have been kept at the proper temp. As you know, a few hours in hot weather will kill the wine. We bought a bottle which we didn't like, took it back, and they let us get a new one. Great service. Carrefour use to be pretty good for wine and baked goods. It's gone downhill a bit now that it's Big C Extra, but still not bad. i like central too Craig but big C extra might be worth another look the wine department has just been refurbished with a bigger selection of wines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasia Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Hmmm....not familiar with that wine place in Nakluea. Will have to check it out.OP: For pizza, do a search in the Pattaya forum. There's a loooong thread on this. ONE??? The wine place in Nakluea carries also a good selection of imported cheese, salami, ham etc. Not necessarily cheap. sent from my Android phone Hi How far down soi 12 from naklua road is it please? I don`t live far away and will take a look sometime. Thanks. To the OP. Best Supermarket at the Dolphin roundabout, pattaya nua/naklua has a reasonable selection of wine, prices OK. They do some continental style bread also, quite probably not the best but I buy there sometimes. Open from about 6.00 AM( might be 8.00 AM} to 1.00 AM I think. Not a particularly big store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) Great smoked meats available from mjsmokehouse.com and they deliver for no charge. For pizza.. I'm a fan of NY pizza house on 2nd Road. I have never gone in the shop but rather just get delivery.. 080-778-3330 nypizzahouse.com Edited September 24, 2012 by Jayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 1) Best bread.. nice European style bread not the soft crap like in Tesco etc. Makro - seems the baker from Carrefour moved to Makro when Big-C took over. 2) Best meat.. beef/ lamb Makro too. 3) Good place to shop for wine.. selection and price value. No idea, but Best has a great selection of booze in general 4) Best takeaway pizza Another vote for LaBocca in Jomtien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 (edited) I would say Friendship has a very good selection of bread as multiple hotels and bakeries sell their produce there, don't get there too late though. Not wanting to sound like an add for Friendship but they do have a good cheese counter now where you can buy by weight. As to meat I agree with WWMCO Edited September 24, 2012 by RabC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 The German beer place on Beach Rd does good pizzas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauljones Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Eataly in Jomtien is a real gem. Nice Italian cold-cuts, bread, cheese, pastas, desserts, wine and allot more. Jomtien 2nd Rd. at Soi 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavefloater Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I know this isn't exactly on topic, but...I love a good bottle of red. However, I refuse to give in to the exorbitantly high taxes and duties (except on special occasions). It would be nice to see people boycott wine sales here in Thailand until the government decides to be reasonable with their tax grab. I think some of us are hopeful that the full enactment of the ASEAN agreement in 2015 will force Thailand to reevaluate it's very high imported booze taxes and duties. Unfortunately, I'm not terribly optimistic that ASEAN will do anything to help consumers as I suspect it will be typically superficial, as are most things in Thailand and the rest of SE Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topt Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I know this isn't exactly on topic, but...I love a good bottle of red. However, I refuse to give in to the exorbitantly high taxes and duties (except on special occasions). It would be nice to see people boycott wine sales here in Thailand until the government decides to be reasonable with their tax grab. I think some of us are hopeful that the full enactment of the ASEAN agreement in 2015 will force Thailand to reevaluate it's very high imported booze taxes and duties. Unfortunately, I'm not terribly optimistic that ASEAN will do anything to help consumers as I suspect it will be typically superficial, as are most things in Thailand and the rest of SE Asia. In this instance unfortunately I think you are cutting off your nose..... I completely agree with you re the taxes but I do not see it changing as it has no real significance to the govt. Further I could not believe hearing on a CCTV last week (English speaking news in China) that China was compalining about dumping of foreign wines in China - where the tax situation is almost as bad (if not worse) and the selection definitely worse than Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 not wanting to take this further off topic, but the problem is not that much the import duties but the excise tax. See Australian wines, they are duty-free according to the TAFTA, but the excise tax is making them so expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanapong Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. His steaks are good. Thai, but good. I buy either from him or Foodland. I also tried imported beef before, must agree it is better but not that much better that it rectifies the higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanapong Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. His steaks are good. Thai, but good. I buy either from him or Foodland. I also tried imported beef before, must agree it is better but not that much better that it rectifies the higher price. Well i've tried most places in Pattaya and always end up back at Macro for the good steak. Yes it is expensive but worth it imo. Villa Mart and friendship do some Thai / French beef which isn't bad. For bacon and sausage i use Western Wholesale Meats. As good as anywhere else plus they sell cured hams. You can cook yourself , roast / boil. Very very nice , just like home. Central i give a wide bearth. Some Scottish <deleted> working as a butcher sold me some really expensive rib eye saying it would melt in the mouth. Like a sucker I bought about 3000bts worth. It was shit so that's them done for me. You'd at least expect a farang to tell you straight but obviously not. Bread i use Friendship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. His steaks are good. Thai, but good. I buy either from him or Foodland. I also tried imported beef before, must agree it is better but not that much better that it rectifies the higher price. Is that the British butcher you mentioned earlier on Chaiyapruek? Do you know if he sells roasts (top round or topside)? I've never been there as I always get my meat at Foodland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 (edited) For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. His steaks are good. Thai, but good. I buy either from him or Foodland. I also tried imported beef before, must agree it is better but not that much better that it rectifies the higher price. Is that the British butcher you mentioned earlier on Chaiyapruek? Do you know if he sells roasts (top round or topside)? I've never been there as I always get my meat at Foodland. check the website as listed in your quoted reply http://www.wwmco.asia/index.php/shop-1/meat/beef/top-round-roast-ts.html Edited September 25, 2012 by Jayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 check the website as listed in your quoted reply http://www.wwmco.asi...d-roast-ts.html Thanks! That's 95 baht/kg cheaper than Foodland. I'll grab a slab and try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 After the crucial bread, meat, and wine issue settled, hope the OP can move on to Pattaya's distinct charms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 For your meat needs....... http://www.wwmco.asia/ The beef is obviously Thai crap at that price. The steaks will be like chewing a flip flop. Macro have some excellent Australian fillet for about 1300bt per kilo. Villa Mart for really good pork chops. His steaks are good. Thai, but good. I buy either from him or Foodland. I also tried imported beef before, must agree it is better but not that much better that it rectifies the higher price. Well i've tried most places in Pattaya and always end up back at Macro for the good steak. Yes it is expensive but worth it imo. Villa Mart and friendship do some Thai / French beef which isn't bad. For bacon and sausage i use Western Wholesale Meats. As good as anywhere else plus they sell cured hams. You can cook yourself , roast / boil. Very very nice , just like home. Central i give a wide bearth. Some Scottish <deleted> working as a butcher sold me some really expensive rib eye saying it would melt in the mouth. Like a sucker I bought about 3000bts worth. It was shit so that's them done for me. You'd at least expect a farang to tell you straight but obviously not. Bread i use Friendship. About 18 months ago there were a couple of times when steaks from WWMCO were not good and I stopped using them however, I heard that things had improved recently and I have to agree as the steaks are again back to old standard and certainly the best local beef I have eaten. Last time I was there I was told they will be stocking imported beef soon as we'll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Villa Mart and friendship do some Thai / French beef which isn't bad. What is that..............meat from a Thai cow with a french boyfriend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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